I have somehow made it through another winter without bankruptcy-by-boredom. There is something about cold weather and zero sunshine that makes 'retail therapy' a necessity - I'm re-branding it 'buy to survive' - and survive, I, have *pats self on back*. Here are some things I've been a-buyin' and a-likin'....Read More

Whoop. January is officially, ovah. Quite possibly the most miserable month of my existence thus far, here's a peek at all the beauty trivialities (and life SAVERS) that have been in (very large) part responsible for salvaging the last 31 days of doom...Read More

Northumberland finally feels like the winter I've been waiting for - sub-zero temperatures and beautifully sunny, but bitterly frosty mornings - and because I foolishly took my foot off the life-accelerator, I've become an incubus of viral plague....Read More

Summer is so ovah − but that's okay, because it means I get to legitimately sing my favourite seasonal song: "Autumn days when the grass is je-well-ed" ("and the silk inside a chestnut shell"). It also means I get to wear sweaters, and re-watch Harry Potter films (because you can only watch Harry Potter when its dark outside, obvs). I know, I know. I'm very cool....Read More

It's September which means it's (nearly Christmas) August Favourites time! It's been a month of experimentation (a family holiday in the Northumbrian wilderness leaves lots of scope for face mask application) - in which I've reacquainted myself with old flames, and fallen for some new(ish) things I can't believe I've been this long without......Read More

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